Building my first tower

[Boloboy]

Hi everyone. I am building my first tower in september and after looking around have decided on the following parts. Just wanted to post to make sure it looks good and hear peoples opinions. Thanks so much.

COOLER MASTER HAF 932 Advanced RC-932-KKN5-GP Black Steel ATX Full Tower Compucase Case with USB 3.0, Black Interior and Four Fans-1x 230mm front RED LED fan, 1x 140mm rear fan, 1x 230mm top fan, and 1x 230mm side fan

XFX HD-685X-ZNFC Radeon HD 6850 1GB 256-bit DDR5 PCI Express 2.1 x16 HDCP Ready CrossFireX Support Video Card with Eyefinity x 2

OCZ Agility 3 AGT3-25SAT3-120G 2.5" 120GB SATA III MLC Internal Solid State Drive (SSD)

ASRock P67 EXTREME4 (B3) LGA 1155 Intel P67 SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX Intel Motherboard

CORSAIR Builder Series CX600 V2 600W ATX12V v2.3 80 PLUS Certified Active PFC Power Supply

Intel Core i5-2500K Sandy Bridge 3.3GHz (3.7GHz Turbo Boost) 4 x 256KB L2 Cache 6MB L3 Cache LGA 1155 95W Quad-Core Desktop Processor BX80623I52500K

CORSAIR Vengeance 4GB 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600 (PC3 12800) Desktop Memory Model CMZ4GX3M1A1600C9B x 4

COOLER MASTER Hyper 212 Plus RR-B10-212P-G1 "Heatpipe Direct Contact" Long Life Sleeve 120mm CPU Cooler Compatible Intel Core i5 & Intel Core i7

 

[michxymi]

Early September? Because AMDs FX CPUs will come and you may reconsider what's best for your pocket!

 

[Boloboy]

Mid september most likely. I`ll check out that chip you mentioned. I was going with the intel one as I read some good reviews about overclocking it. How does the rest of the build look? compatible? Good for gaming?

 

[Why_Me]

Hi everyone. I am building my first tower in september and after looking around have decided on the following parts. Just wanted to post to make sure it looks good and hear peoples opinions. Thanks so much.

COOLER MASTER HAF 932 Advanced RC-932-KKN5-GP Black Steel ATX Full Tower Compucase Case with USB 3.0, Black Interior and Four Fans-1x 230mm front RED LED fan, 1x 140mm rear fan, 1x 230mm top fan, and 1x 230mm side fan

XFX HD-685X-ZNFC Radeon HD 6850 1GB 256-bit DDR5 PCI Express 2.1 x16 HDCP Ready CrossFireX Support Video Card with Eyefinity x 2

OCZ Agility 3 AGT3-25SAT3-120G 2.5" 120GB SATA III MLC Internal Solid State Drive (SSD)

ASRock P67 EXTREME4 (B3) LGA 1155 Intel P67 SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX Intel Motherboard

CORSAIR Builder Series CX600 V2 600W ATX12V v2.3 80 PLUS Certified Active PFC Power Supply

Intel Core i5-2500K Sandy Bridge 3.3GHz (3.7GHz Turbo Boost) 4 x 256KB L2 Cache 6MB L3 Cache LGA 1155 95W Quad-Core Desktop Processor BX80623I52500K

CORSAIR Vengeance 4GB 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600 (PC3 12800) Desktop Memory Model CMZ4GX3M1A1600C9B x 4

COOLER MASTER Hyper 212 Plus RR-B10-212P-G1 "Heatpipe Direct Contact" Long Life Sleeve 120mm CPU Cooler Compatible Intel Core i5 & Intel Core i7

That build is horrible. You have a $150+ case, a SSD, and and then you shorted yourself on the vid card and psu. That psu is manufactured by CWT for Corsair and it sucks, and that 6850 is a below average card at best. That build needs some balance.

http://www.tomshardware.com/forum/261222-31-build-advice <---- This is the standard build format. You can copy and paste it on this thread...and I would if I were you.

 

[michxymi]

That build is horrible. You have a $150+ case, a SSD, and and then you shorted yourself on the vid card and psu. That psu is manufactured by CWT for Corsair and it sucks, and that 6850 is a below average card at best. That build needs some balance.

http://www.tomshardware.com/forum/261222-31-build-advice <---- This is the standard build format. You can copy and paste it on this thread...and I would if I were you.

Exactly!

 

[michxymi]

A good base to start is this case, which is 15$ off with promo code EMCKBHE23 but until the end of August.

Antec Three Hundred Illusion Black Steel ATX Mid Tower Computer Case
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811129066

and this PSU from XFX which is the top product at this price.

XFX Core Edition PRO550W (P1-550S-XXB9) 550W ATX12V 2.2 & ESP12V 2.91 SLI Ready CrossFire Ready 80 PLUS BRONZE Certified Active PFC Power Supply
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817207013&Tpk=xfx%20550w